A lesser known member of Adolf Hitler’s personal staff, a former naval officer saved from the wrath of his superiors by the personal intervention of the Fuhrer. This would lead him down a path to destruction with the Third Reich, taking his life in the bunker as the Soviet Red Army closed in.

The general known as Hitler’s Fireman, Field Marshal Walter Model distinguished himself as an offensive commander of panzer forces during Operation Barbarossa, but would be best known for later becoming a defensive commander capable of salvaging some of the worst situations on the front. Facing conviction for war crimes if captured, he would commit suicide as the Third Reich collapsed.